Sky Deutschland DS830NP Files

Instructions to build the kernel
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Once you download/recieve arris_gpl_src_release_DS830NP.tgz archive, decompress it.

Decompressing the archive
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The procedure for unzipping and using the sandbox is as follows:

1. Move the archive to a new directory and decompress it:

$ cd <directory>
$ tar xzvf arris_gpl_src_release_DS830NP_1.254.tgz

2. Decompressing the archive will create a directory called DS830NP_1.254.
   In this directory, there are 2 more archives, decompress them:

$ cd DS830NP_1.254
$ tar xzvf arris_gpl_kernel_src_DS830NP.tgz
$ tar xzvf arris_gpl_rootfs_src_DS830NP.tgz

3. Set the WORKROOT environment variable to point to this directory:

$ export WORKROOT=$PWD

4. Unpack the toolchain to a chosen location and set $PATH to point to the /bin directory within it:

$ export PATH=<toolchain path>/bin:$PATH

5. Since the build system that is bundled with this release makes use of sudo, you may need to change
   your sudoers settings. In particular, if your sudo settings replace $PATH with a more secure copy, 
   this will have to be temporarily disabled.

   Edit /etc/sudoers, and add the following line:

Defaults env_keep += "PATH"

   You also may need to comment out a line that looks like the following:

Defaults secure_path = /sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

6. Move to the buildsys/B422 directory:

$ cd buildsys/B422

7. To build the kernel:

$ make initrd_kernel

This will create the 'vmlinux' file in $WORKROOT.